Sounds like me man it started in my right glute and worked it's way down to the backside of my knee over a few months. After 5 months of pain finally get the MRI and I have a bulging disc... I passed all the nerve tests at the doc FYI... leg raises all that and I have no numbness... anyways after a lot of research it should heal within a year with proper diet and exercise... id look up traction and strengthen your core like a mofo. Not saying you do have a disc issue but all my pain is was in my glute/ hamstring and not back as well

Mine is the same way. Flares up from sedentary activity. Desk work and long car rides (specifically when I'm driving). Could be as bad as a disc but could be simple as stretching ham strings and quads.

I have a slightly bulging disc, I've suffered with sciatica really really badly in the past. I did the damage lifting heavy stuff at work incorrectly doubled up with an ice hockey injury. At times I've had to jump out of my car in agony, I've had weeks off work, I had to sleep on the floor the bed was too painful and even stumble out of the cinema in pain. It kept coming back, I found things to avoid: don't sit on hard surfaces especially for long time periods. Don't stand up for longer than an hour, take a break, I found on nights out in town I'm hurting the next day. Cold weather brings it on too. I squat heavy and deadlift, but I can lift a 5kg plate with my back not correctly arched and throw it out for a week. It starts in my glute then it works down my leg to my calf and sometimes foot. I seem to have found a good balance and not had a flare up in a couple years but it used to be horrendous. You sound similar to me with the hard chair so it may be the same issue around the compression of the nerve. Good luck with it bro I know how bad it is. How old are you? I'm nearly 30, it started when I was 16 and was at its worst when I was 22.

Ozzie, I am 45. My 14 yr old daughter fractured her coccyx and has a special pillow, not hemorrhoid but better so I have been using it, which helps tremendously. Specifically made so you tilt slightly forward, less pressure on the glute.

The fun thing is I am.aboit to start car shopping and will be asking the dealership to go on hour long car rides. 😁

Does the pain stay in your glute or run down the back of your leg? True sciatica tends to run down the back of the leg (often to the heel). If it stays in your glute, you could be looking at glute issues or SI or something else to that effect.

Pigeon stretch was a good suggestion, and if it's coming from tight piriformis (which runs over sciatic nerve) that may help. Active Release Technique to piriformis tends to be really useful for this too. If it's coming from nerve root (often disc-related), then that's a little tougher to treat...flexion-distraction, traction, strengthening core and low back may help, could also resolve with time and often disc bulges/protrusions/herniations will heal on their own (or at least become asymptomatic).

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